At its meeting in March 2018, the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT) held a special, three-hour symposium on Pavement Preservation. The symposium featured five speakers with panel discussion, and Andrew Braham, Ph.D., University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, and Phil Blankenship, Blankenship Asphalt Tech and Training, PLLC, presided. Questions can be submitted by Tweeting to: #AAPT2018

Thanks to Audrey Copeland, Ph.D., P.E., National Asphalt Pavement Association vice president for engineering, research & technology, and 2018 president of AAPT, for sharing this important event with us.

Bergkamp was elected president at FP2’s board meeting in January 2019 and will serve a two-year term. He’s president and CEO of Bergkamp Inc., Salina, Kan., and succeeds Andrew Crow, Vice President, Pavement Technologies, Ingevity.

“I look forward to serving this organization and its contributors, and working with the surface transportation community to advance pavement preservation,” Bergkamp said. “We bring a host of solutions to the infrastructure problems the country faces, and together we can help the road network live up to its potential of safety, smoothness and reliability. I encourage stakeholders in the pavement preservation community to please join us in this effort, both financially, and through personal efforts.

The Sorenson Award is presented by FP2 Inc. to recognize superior pavement preservation practice, usually to a city, township, county or state agency. The deadline for entries for the year 2018 is June 1, 2019.

At its meeting in March 2018, the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT) held a special, three-hour symposium on Pavement Preservation. The symposium featured five speakers with panel discussion, and Andrew Braham, Ph.D., University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, and Phil Blankenship, Blankenship Asphalt Tech and Training, PLLC, presided. Questions can be submitted by Tweeting to: #AAPT2018

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is the winner of the 2016 James B. Sorenson Award for Excellence in Pavement Preservation.

The Sorenson Award is presented each year by FP2 Inc. to recognize superior pavement preservation practice, usually to a city, county or state agency. It was presented this year to Patrick Bierl, design engineer, and Eric Biehl, P.E., asphalt materials engineer, Ohio DOT at an awards luncheon Oct. 13 during the 2016 National Pavement Preservation Conference in Nashville.